To the Editor, Since when is safety-consciousness a bad thing? Those who oppose Indian Point like to shout that the brief precautionary shutdown of Indian Point 2 last week, shortly after it had reopened, indicated a risk to the public. In fact, precisely the opposite is true. For the past five years, the plant has received the […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Three-year-old twins, children of a sheriff’s deputy, were found unresponsive inside the family pickup truck on a day temperatures were in the 90s. They were pronounced dead at the hospital. Summer has only just arrived, but already the annual death count has begun. Record-breaking temperatures have been registered across the country, and […]
To the Editor, It’s a shame Tom DePrisco would disparage legislation that virtually every East Rampo public school advocacy groups support and have been working day and night to get passed. Then again I can understand why he might be conflicted considering he is running to support the Republican Majority that blocked the original bill. […]
To the editor, The NRC recently declared Indian Point unit 2 safe to restart after examining work done by Entergy to make repairs to the reactor during the unit’s scheduled refueling outage. To Entergy’s credit, it had identified, publically announced and made repairs, demonstrating again that it puts safety first, before operation. In addition, in […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Tuesday sent a letter to MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast regarding the safety of subway riders. Dear Chairman Prendergast, Protecting the safety and security of its riders is the MTA’s most sacrosanct obligation. However, recently released statistics indicate that reports of sexual offenses on the subway system have increased by more […]
By Al Samuels At a recent public meeting the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission held about Indian Point, supporters and opponents of the plant were both out in force. Like other business leaders in the region, I strongly support the continued operation of Indian Point because it has continually been found to be safe by independent […]